Toy launcher apparatus with few parts and quick and easy assembly
Active Publication Date: 2020-09-24
HASBRO INC
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[0004]The inventive toy dart launcher is simply constructed with few and relatively inexpensive parts, and yet the toy launcher is structurally robust. Moreover, because of the few parts, the toy dart launcher may be easily snapped together. One of the integral parts is a trigger that includes a trigger pull, a return spring, a piston latch and snap-fit pivot shafts. Another part is an integral outer body that includes two parallel panels with openings for receiving the trigger, a cylinder and a barrel, and in the barrel, a Y-shaped element that mounts a mandrel. A safety valve and spring is another integral part of the toy dart launcher that includes a valve plate and three extending fingers,
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[0044]The following description is provided to enable those skilled in the art to make and use the described embodiments set forth in the best mode contemplated for carrying out the invention. Various modifications, equivalents, variations, and alternatives, however, will remain readily apparent to those skilled in the art. Any and all such modifications, variations, equivalents, and alternatives are intended to fall within the spirit and scope of the present invention.
[0045]Referring now to FIGS. 1 and 2, the inventive toy apparatus may take the form of a small toy dart launcher or blaster 10, having few parts that are made of moldable plastic and that may be relatively inexpensive and easily and quickly assembled. The parts include an outer body 12 that may be covered with a top shell 14. The outer body 12 includes an integral cylinder portion 16, a barrel portion 18, and a trigger-mounting portion 20, and may also have a connector component, that is, one of two components that ma...
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A dart launcher having few but integral parts and an assembly process that is quick and easy for forming robust but inexpensive toys. The launcher may have an outer body, a safety valve and spring, a valve cap, a trigger, a piston, a launch spring, a cylinder cap and a plunger rod. The outer body includes an integral cylinder portion, a barrel portion and a trigger-mounting portion, the trigger includes an integral finger pad portion, a latch arm, a biasing portion and resilient legs. The piston includes an opening and a connector component formed around the opening to snap-fit with the piston, the cylinder cap includes an opening for the plunger rod and a connector component to connect with the cylinder portion, and the barrel portion includes a valve and mandrel support for supporting the safety valve and spring.
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PRIORITY CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims priority pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 119(e) from U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62 / 822,174 filed on Mar. 22, 2019.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention relates generally to toy launcher apparatus and, more particularly, to toy dart launchers having few but integral parts and an assembly process that is quick and easy.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]Various toy and game launchers using high-pressure air are known in the art, as exemplified by U.S. Pat. No. 1,441,975 issued in 1923, U.S. Pat. No. 1,488,995 issued in 1924, and, more recently, U.S. Pat. Nos. 8,397,705 and 8,567,378, both issued in 2013, and U.S. Pat. No. 8,875,688 issued in 2014. Also, various valves and triggers are known in the art, including safety valves, exemplified by U.S. Pat. No. 3,054,536 issued in 1962, U.S. Pat. No. 3,420,133 issued in 1969, U.S. Pat. No. 5,529,050 issued in 1996, and Patent Application Publication 2...
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